Holmes, John

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NC RECORD OF WILLS ~ BOOK EBOOK E: Page 545Know all men by these presents, that I, John Holmes, of the village of Waretown, in the County of Ocean and the State of New Jersey, have made and published and declared and by these presents, so make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament as follows: … to my beloved wife, Maggie … to my brother, Frank … my sisters Cornelia, Louisa, and Emelee … my deceased brother, Joseph … my deceased sister, Laura … my nephew, J. Holmes Birdsall.In witness whereof, I, the said testator hereunto set my hand and seal this fourteenth day of October 1898,Signed: John HolmesWitnessed by: James T. B. Collins, 25 West 33 St., Bayonne, NJ William R. Dorman, 111 Park Pl., Brooklyn, NYC, NY Roscoe K. Ingalls, 211 Palisades Ave., Englewood City, NJDone in office at Asheville, Buncombe County and the State of North Carolina on this the 10th day of July 1905.Signed: Marcus Erwin, CSC